Ironing-board cabinet.



Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1911. 1,042,826.

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W. SCHONGOLD.

IRONING BOARD CABINET.

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UNTTFD STATES PATENT @FFTQE WILHELM SCHONGOLD, GF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IRONING-BOARI) CABINET.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, `W1LHELM SoHoNGoLD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinet devices and particularly to a cabinet for containing and holding a foldable ironing board when not in use and for supporting one end of the same when the same is 1n use.

The object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of pleasing appearance which is adapted and constructed to support an ironing-board when in use and to contain the board when not in use; also to provide suitable compartments to receive a small ironing board and the irons.

In the drawings forming part of this application,-Figure l is a front elevation with the door ofthe cabinet open. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail of one end of the folding board, and the smaller board supported thereon. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the hinge of the folding board. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the folding board showing the position occupied b v the smaller board in dotted lines, and Fig. 6 is a side view, in elevation, of the folding board, the smaller board, and the cabinet for containing and supporting one end of the lazy tongs construction to which the outer support of the folding board is connected. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of the connection between the hook on the ironing board and the bar on the cabinet. i

Referring to the drawings, in detaiL-a designates the cabinet as a whole, Z) a door hinged thereto for closing one side, c a shelf hinged at c1 to the upper piece of the cabinet for providing shelf space when the cabinet is in use. This shelf engages the upper edge of the door Z), when opened, and the top of the cabinet, when closed.

Located within the cabinet is a lazy tongs construction (Z which is adapted to be extended, as shown in Fig. 6. The ends of the lazy tongs are connected to the ironing board supporting member c at their outer ends, as shown at f and g, and to the inside of the cabinet at L and 2', a slot j being provided Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led July 26, 1911.

in the supporting member e, and a slot 7c in Patented Got. 29,1912.

Serial No. 640,666.

the attaching member m within the cabinet, to permit the lazy tongs to operate in opening and closing the same.

The supporting member c forms a part of the casing of the cabinet, as shown in Figs. l and 2. Its upper and lower ends are attached to the beaded top and base portion of the cabinet, designated at 0 and 01.

The upper end of the supporting member c is provided with a bar element 0 to receive the outer end of the foldable ironing board p which comprises sectional members Q that are hinged togethenkthree of which are shown. This board, when extended and in use, is supported at one end on the member e and its inner, or opposite end, on the upper portion of the cabinet.

In order to support the foldable ironing board y) in the cabinet, when not in use, and after the board has been folded, a hook r is secured to the under side of the board at its inner end and rests on the upper edge s of the back of the cabinet, as shownin Fig. 2. Then in use, as shown in Fig. G, this hook engages a bar t which comprises a short piece of wire that is set into the woodwork of the cabinet and spaced away therefrom by a groove in order to permit the hook 7 to engage the same, as shown in this figure.

Located in the rear upper surface of the board p is a plate u having a perforation fw therein to receive and lock the stud ai on the post y of a smaller ironing board e. This board is designed to be used for ironing smaller articles, as sleeves, by inserting the smaller board a therein. The post g/ is hinged to the board e, as shown at 4, and located forward of this post is a second post 5, also hinged to the board .a at 6.

Then not in use, the smaller' board z is supported within the cabinet a on the shelf 7 A shelf 8 is also provided to receive the fiat-irons 9.

The hinges 10 for the sections of the board y) are made so as to permit the sections to fold when the part 11 is in the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4, and to lock the board against folding when in the full line position. These hinges, as will be seen, com- 1 prise in reality two hinge members-the part 11 being made in two pieces and pivoted together, and also pivoted, by means of its leaves, to the part that is screwed to the adjacent edges of the ironing board. By turning the member 11 upward into the dotted line position, the

board may be folded and unfolded. By turning the member 11 downward into the 'full line position, the board is held against a folding` movement. This feature of my cabinet, however, forms no part of my invention and l make no claim thereto.

It will be seen that the cabinet is compact, when folded, and may be readily opened and put in use when desired.

rlhe smaller ironing board e may be detachably secured to the upper part of the cabinet a in the same manner as it is se cured to the board p.

lhat I claim, is

An ironing,1 board cabinet comprising,- a cabinet member proper, a foldable ironing board, a door at one side of the same, a shelf hinged to the upper edge of the cabinet and supported by the door when open, a strip Within said member, lazy tongs pivoted thereto and spaced back from the front edge of the cabinet, a support for said foldable ironing-board which is pivotally connected to the lazy tongs and designed to move outward with said tongs and constituting a part of the cabinet member, a bar secured to the cabinet to receive a hook member on the ironing board when the board is extended and rests upon the support at its outer end and the cabinet at its inner end, said cabinet having a space at its rear side to receive the board when l'olded and not in use.

WILHELM SCHONGOLD. Witnesses:

HARRY W. BOWEN, FRANKLIN Gr. NEAL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing che Commissioner of Patents, Washington, LD. C. 

